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deleting

How many syllables in deleting?

  3 syllables

Divide deleting into syllables:   de-let-ing
How to say deleting:

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What rhymes with deleting

2 syllables
  • beating
  • eating
  • fleeting
  • heating
  • meting
  • sheeting
  • treating
  • cheating
  • eatings
  • greeting
  • meeting
  • seating
  • sweeting
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